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Jason Arnott has officially announced his retirement.

Arnott scored 417 goals and 938 points in 1,244 career games with the Edmonton Oilers, New Jersey Devils, Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, Washington Capitals, and St. Louis Blues. Although he was never an elite forward, he had a great career and played a big role in the New Jersey Devils winning the Stanley Cup in 2000. Through his prime, he was remarkably consistent, netting at least 20 goals for 10 straight campaigns. He's tied for 79th place on the NHL's all-time games played list and is 90th in points. Tue, Nov 5, 2013 02:26:00 PM

Jason Arnott continues to skate with the St. Louis Blues, who are expected to make a decision on whether to sign the veteran center by Sunday.

Arnott's deal with the Rangers earlier in the season fell apart when he was unable to pass a physical. Arnott had offseason knee surgery and said Tuesday that he wants to see how the knee responds to on-ice work. "If everything goes well and my body feels good, hopefully we can both say yes and move forward and contribute to win," Arnott said. Sounds like we should know more by the end of the week. Wed, Mar 6, 2013 11:08:00 AM

The St. Louis Blues are looking once again at unrestricted free agent Jason Arnott.

Arnott inked a deal with the Rangers over a month ago but the center was unable to pass his physical voiding the deal. He played through shoulder and knee issues with St. Louis and with the Blues currently struggling, he is on their radar. "I talked to Jason's representative and he said he still has that burning desire to play," GM Doug Armstrong said. "It made me start to think, if you've accomplished everything he has, and you’re into March and you still want to play, you have the passion for the game. He's going to join us this week on the road trip, make sure his body is with his mind and that he is ready to play. He did have some offseason surgery. We have information from the doctors that he is ready to go." Stay tuned. Mon, Mar 4, 2013 11:42:00 AM

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David Backes notched a goal and an assist in Game 4 to help the Blues even up their firs round playoff series against Minnesota.

The Blues cruised to a 6-1 victory and Backes got the scoresheet after being held pointless in his previous three outings. Backes was back with Alexander Steen and T.J. Oshie in the contest and he logged a series-high20:15 of ice time.

The Blues have re-signed Jori Lehtera for three years and $14.1 million.

Lehtera will average $4.7 million per season. He excelled last season and performed at a level far above what most hockey experts predicted. Although Lehtera tired to a degree in the second half he still put up 44 points in 75 games. Look for Lethera to move between the Blues' second and third lines next season. He is certainly worthy of a late round draft pick in hockey pools regardless of format.

St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong wants to see more from Paul Stastny going forward.

"Paul Stastny needs to be a bigger part of our group," Armstrong told Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman. "He’s our highest-paid player, we need him to be a bigger and better part of our team." Stastny had just 16 goals and 46 points in 74 games and he had just one goal in six postseason games in 2014-15.

Kyle Brodziak has signed a one-year contract worth $900K with the St. Louis Blues.

Brodziak will be entering his age-31 season when October rolls around, and accumulated just 25 goals and 56 points over the last three seasons for Minnesota. Which is a notable drop off from his combined 47 goals and 133 points with the Wild the trio of seasons prior to that. Known more for his quality defensive play, Brodziak will help to sure up the Blues' bottom six forward corps.

Alex Steen registered two assists in Saturday's 4-1 win over Minnesota in game two of their series.

Steen picked up the primary assists on both of Vladimir Tarasenko's first two goals of the game (he finished with three goals on the night). Steen has been an important part of St. Louis' offense during the season and that hasn't changed in the playoffs. The 31-year-old has a goal and three points in two playoff games this year. The series is now tied at one.

Jaden Schwartz was back with Vladimir Tarasenko and Jori Lehtera in Game 4 versus the Wild.

He didn't pick up a point in the contest, but he had three shots and a plus-1 rating. The trio was excellent for the Blues during the regular season. Schwartz didn't have a point in both games at Minnesota, but he had a goal and an assist at home to begin the series.

Now would be a good time for the Blues to do so because they are facing elimination going into game six. "Absolutely, I put it on ourselves more than what they are doing," said Ott. "Obviously they've got a good team over there and their goaltender played very well, made some key, key saves. We have to find a way to solve him. We knew it was going to be a heck of a series and now we have to go there and win a game.

The St. Louis Blues have signed Jordan Caron to a one-year, two-way deal.

Caron became an unrestricted free agent after the Colorado Avalanche decided not to qualify him. He played in 30 games with the Avalanche and Boston Bruins last season, but failed to record a single point.

Magnus Paajarvi has agreed to a one-year, $700,000 contract extension.

The deal is one-way so Paajarvi will earn that amount even if the Blues send him to the minors. He had an assist in 10 games with St. Louis and another 29 points in 36 AHL contests last season. He had filed for arbitration, but this deal obviously makes that moot.

Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said the Blues cleared out enough cap space to make sure they could sign Vladimir Tarasenko long-term.

They also did not want to be vulnerable to an offer sheet, or be forced to trade him away like the Bruins (Dougie Hamilton) and Blackhawks (Brandon Saad) did with their young stars. "This is the first year we saw the leveling off of the cap and some (teams) were hampered by that leveling off," Armstrong said. "As a market our size, we love to see the growth of game, but it's difficult for a lot of the franchises to be spending at that $70-plus million … selfishly we were happy to see that there was a leveling off."

The St. Louis Blues have acquired Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley and a 2016 third round pick from the Washington Capitals in exchange for T.J. Oshie.

Brouwer had 21 goals and 43 points in 82 contests in 2014-15. He's a clear step down from Oshie from an offensive perspective, but he does play a more physical game. We don't believe this trade will meaningfully alter Brouwer's fantasy value.

Patrik Berglund generated a goal and added an assist in Game 4's 6-1 win over Minnesota.

It was a tough season offensively for the 26-year-old Swede, but he's been productive in the playoffs with two goals and four points in four games. Berglund is also tied for first with a plus-5 rating. He skated with Paul Stastny and Dmitrij Jaskin in the match.

St. Louis got a lift in Game 4 when Ryan Reaves scored his first goal since Mar. 1.

He opened the scoring in the Blues' 6-1 victory over Minnesota. "That goal was huge," coach Ken Hitchcock said. "Everyone is so excited when 'Reavo' scores, and when that line has success everybody's excited for them." Reaves had six goals and 116 penalty minutes in 81 games during the regular season.

The Blue Jackets have been busy this summer trying to acquire a defenseman.

According to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Post-Dispatch, the Blue Jackets were involved in trade talks for Dougie Hamilton before he got dealt to the Flames, they made an offer for Paul Martin before he accepted one from the Sharks, and they have contacted the Blues about Kevin Shattenkirk. General manager Jarmo Kekalainen "won’t rush the process just to add a body," and thinks the group is good enough if healthy.

When asked about what St. Louis has to do to get back into their first round series against Minnesota, Alex Pietrangelo said "win the next game".

The Blues find themselves facing elimination going into Sunday's game six action in Minnesota. "We've still got two hockey games to play," said Pietrangelo. "We're not going to hang our heads here, we know we've got to play better. We'll take a hard look at ourselves and get ready for game six."

Jay Bouwmeester admitted that he never got back to 100% in 2014-15 after suffering a groin injury on Nov. 22.

"I didn't really feel like myself for a good part of the year," Bouwmeester said. "I didn't have a very good year especially after that happened." He had two goals and 13 points in 72 contests last season after recording 37 points in his previous campaign. He feels fine now though and it wouldn't be shocking to see him bounce back in 2015-16.

Terms were not disclosed. Butler was a frequent scratch in 2014-15 and will likely find himself in the pressbox quite often again this season. With nine points in 33 games Butler is not a fantasy asset.

Brian Elliott admitted it was tough for him to finish the season on the bench.

"It's not easy when you play all year and then you're just sitting on the bench and you don't really feel like you can make a difference," he said. "It's always tough for anybody when you're on the outside looking in." He added that the situation was out of his control, so it's not worth dwelling on and he'll be ready next season when he gets his chance to play. Elliott is projected to compete with Jake Allen for starts in 2015-16.

Allen will earn $2.2 million in 2015-16 and then $2.5 million the following season. That's a substantial raise over his previous two-year, $1.6 million deal. Not that it's surprising after he posted a 2.28 GAA and .913 save percentage in 37 games last season.